Patents by Inventor Barbara Harling Hede

Barbara Harling Hede has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • High barrier nonwoven fabric
    Patent number: 11246766
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for making a nonwoven fabric comprising forming polymer fibers from a melt of the polymer material and using these fibers to obtain a nonwoven fabric during a subsequent nonwoven fabric formation procedure, wherein the melt of the polymer material comprises a melt additive, wherein the method comprises thermal bonding at a temperature higher than 40° C. below the melting point of the polymer material and, additionally, one or both of the following steps: a. improving the mobility of the additive by heat-treating the nonwoven fabric at 100° C. or more for 0.1 seconds or more after the nonwoven fabric formation procedure and/or including a filler having a higher thermal conductivity than the polymer material to the polymer material; b. influencing the polymer crystallinity by including a nucleating agent, branched polymers and/or random co-polymers to the polymer material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: FIBERTEX PERSONAL CARE A/S
    Inventors: Brian Udengaard, Barbara Harling Hede, Thomas Broch
  • ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH HEAT ACTIVATABLE WEB
    Publication number: 20210386905
    Abstract: Material webs suitable for use in conjunction with disposable absorbent articles are disclosed herein. The material webs comprise a melt additive that when subjected to thermal energy may be encouraged to bloom across the entirety of the web or in localized areas of the web where localized thermal energy is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Torsten LINDNER, Olaf Erik Alexander ISELE, Gueltekin ERDEM, Misael Omar AVILES, Holger BERUDA, Jan CLAUSSEN, Kelyn Anne ARORA, Nathan Ray WHITELY, Franz Josef LANYI, Dirk Wolfram SCHUBERT, Barbara Harling HEDE, Thomas BROCH, Morten Rise HANSEN, Brian UDENGAARD
  • Absorbent article with activatable material
    Patent number: 11129919
    Abstract: Material webs suitable for use in conjunction with disposable absorbent articles are disclosed herein. The material webs comprise a melt additive that when subjected to thermal energy may be encouraged to bloom across the entirety of the web or in localized areas of the web where localized thermal energy is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Torsten Lindner, Olaf Erik Alexander Isele, Gueltekin Erdem, Misael Omar Aviles, Holger Beruda, Jan Claussen, Kelyn Anne Arora, Nathan Ray Whitely, Franz Josef Lanyi, Dirk Wolfram Schubert, Barbara Harling Hede, Thomas Broch, Morten Rise Hansen, Brian Udengaard
  • HIGH BARRIER NONWOVEN FABRIC
    Publication number: 20190070045
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for making a nonwoven fabric comprising forming polymer fibers from a melt of the polymer material and using these fibers to obtain a nonwoven fabric during a subsequent nonwoven fabric formation procedure, wherein the melt of the polymer material comprises a melt additive, wherein the method comprises thermal bonding at a temperature higher than 40° C. below the melting point of the polymer material and, additionally, one or both of the following steps: a. improving the mobility of the additive by heat-treating the nonwoven fabric at 100° C. or more for 0.1 seconds or more after the nonwoven fabric formation procedure and/or including a filler having a higher thermal conductivity than the polymer material to the polymer material; b. influencing the polymer crystallinity by including a nucleating agent, branched polymers and/or random co-polymers to the polymer material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Brian UDENGAARD, Barbara Harling HEDE, Thomas BROCH
  • ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH ACTIVATABLE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20170258955
    Abstract: Material webs suitable for use in conjunction with disposable absorbent articles are disclosed herein. The material webs comprise a melt additive that when subjected to thermal energy may be encouraged to bloom across the entirety of the web or in localized areas of the web where localized thermal energy is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Torsten Lindner, Olaf Erik Alexander Isele, Gueltekin Erdem, Misael Omar Aviles, Holger Beruda, Jan Claussen, Kelyn Anne Arora, Nathan Ray Whitely, Franz Josef Lanyl, Dirk Wolfram Schubert, Barbara Harling Hede, Thomas Broch, Morten Rise Hansen, Brian Udengaard